I think you just need a category lookup table. advertID CategoryID
Russ -----Original Message----- From: Doug Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25 November 2006 00:18 To: CF-Talk Subject: Design question (Database etc) I am in the process of re-designing a classifieds system and was just wondering a few things. Currently there is just one standard for to fill out for the ads. I am thinking of designing it to where it is more useful. I would like to make the form as dynamic as possible by having different inputs for different categories of items. The thing is, that I would imagine I would need to have a databse table for each category. Am I correct in this assumption? Building the forms would be the easy part, but having say 50 different tables of info for all categories would be a nightmare. Any suggestion would be appreciated. IE: [Real Estate Form] Price Bedrooms Bathrooms Garage Sq. Ft. Acreage Covenants etc. etc. [Auto Form] Make Model Year Miles etc. etc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:261629 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
